Marble Quarrying Looks Even Cooler Than You Imagined [Arch Daily] When I was a kid, we used to go swimming in an old marble quarry, and on a dare, my friend agreed to dive off the highest point of the surrounding wall. I’ll never forget him screaming as he plummeted downwards, and then going totally silent when he passed out in midair from sheer fear, and then smacking, unconscious and face-down, into the water. I’m laughing just thinking about it.

An Empty Smithsonian Building On the Mall Ponders Its Future [DCist] They’re considering ideas for what kind of museum it’s going to be eventually, and are looking for an idea that will be forward-thinking and relevant. If it ends up as anything other than a Museum of the Internet, the system is totally broken. (The meme wing alone will bring in record admissions.)